Cases ยท requested by Russia
Bill Browder: INTERPOL notice and outcome
British businessman described by CNBC as a Kremlin critic. In May 2018 he was in Madrid to give evidence to a Spanish prosecutor about money linked to the Magnitsky case, according to RFE/RL.
OutcomeNotice refused 26 October 2017
As of May 2018 reporting, he was released by Spanish police on the day of his detention, and Browder said INTERPOL had told Spanish police not to act on the Russian request.
As of May 2018 reporting, he was released by Spanish police on the day of his detention, and Browder said INTERPOL had told Spanish police not to act on the Russian request.
What the requesting state alleged
A Moscow court found him guilty in absentia in December 2017 of large scale tax evasion and sentenced him to nine years in prison, RFE/RL reported. His lawyers appealed.
What happened
- Russia circulated an INTERPOL diffusion naming Browder, which Bloomberg reported briefly barred him from travelling to the United States1Russia (National Central Bureau)
- INTERPOL said the diffusion was found non compliant after a General Secretariat review and that all information on the request was deleted from its databases1INTERPOL General Secretariat
- Detained by Spanish police in Madrid on a Russian request sent through INTERPOL channels, then released the same day2,3Spanish National Police
In their words
Sources
- UNIAN (citing Bloomberg), Bloomberg: Interpol blocks Russia request to arrest Hermitage's Browder (27 October 2017)
- RFE/RL, Financier Bill Browder arrested in Spain on Russian Interpol request (30 May 2018)
- CNBC, British fund manager Browder released from police station in Madrid, police source (30 May 2018)
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